日本莺与俳句 - 署名 Eiji 英二 - 紙 - Toda Eiji (1910-2009) - 日本 - 昭和年代(1926-1989)

Meaning of Words

Original text
初島も 手に取ることし 梅日和　光哉子句（光哉子の略歴は不詳）

Romanized version of the original text
hatsushima mo te ni toru kotoshi ume biyori kōsaishi ku (kōsaishi no ryakureki wa fushō)

Yaku: Translation
"On a tranquil day when plum blossoms bloom, even distant Hatsushima feels close enough to hold in one’s hands."
A poem by Kōsaishi (biographical details of Kōsaishi are unknown).
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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.7 kg.

Material
Ink, Pale Japanese pigments on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 174 cm（68.50 in）× width 30.8 cm（12.13 in）＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 100 cm（39.37 in）× width 28.7 cm（11.30 in）)

Condition
・There are some burns, stains, wrinkles on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are wrinkles, folds on the image.
・There are burns, wrinkles, warp in the mounting.

Remarks
・Roller ends are lacquerware.
・Tomo-Bako.(Box inscription by the artist.)

Materials for mounting
All of them are made of silk.

Other
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Biography
Toda Eiji (1910-2009)

Meiji 43 (1910)-Heisei 21 (2009)
Born in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. A Japanese painter. He entered the preparatory course of Kyoto Municipal School of Painting in 1931. He was first selected for the Shinbunten exhibition in 1938. In 1953 he joined the Seitosha led by Ikeda Yoson. He became a lecturer at the special art course of Okayama University in 1968. He traveled to China in 1981 and to Bodh Gaya, India in 1984. He completed the Hieizan Kaiho picture scroll in 1991. He received an encouragement award at the Nisshun Exhibition in 2001.